by Tax Watchdog | Jul 12, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The 900 pound gorilla now weighs in at far less than it used to. For many years the Utah Education Association (UEA), the state’s largest teachers union has had the largest political action committee (PAC) in the state due to having the state...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 5, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Last week in this column I began to discuss soccer and ReAL Salt Lake’s interest in getting taxpayers to fork over $30 million toward a $60 million dedicated soccer stadium in this valley. By the reaction, or lack thereof to my column last week,...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 27, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Once in this column I made the mistake of writing about professional sports. It was when Kobe Bryant rape accusations were hitting the media and Karl Malone had decided to leave the Jazz and go after the NBA championship ring with what appeared to...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 20, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson You may have seen a recent news report of a Utah resident who was found guilty of several tax related felonies regarding unpaid Utah income taxes. Many Utahns mistakenly think the Utah State Tax Commission doesn’t go after income tax cheats – that...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 13, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The Utah Taxpayers Association will be issuing a 50-State Property Tax Report in a few weeks. The accompanying chart is taken from that report and summarizes Utah’s effective property tax rate rankings for various types of property. The report...
by Tax Watchdog | May 30, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The Utah Legislature’s Tax Reform Task Force is underway. One of the main purposes of the task force is to address the “structural imbalance” in Utah ’s tax system which was exposed by former Governor Olene Walker’s tax reform group. The solution,...
